Rebecca weaver



@eine tetes getest ffies Leners Patent lvmsos, dadJum'ie, y186s.

.IMIROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOB. BUTTONS.

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To `ALT. WnoMTT MAY ooNoEnN:

i Be it knownthut I, REBECCA WEAVER, of the city` ,of Washington, in` the Distric of'ColumbiMhave invented certain new and usefullmprovementsfiuFzist'eni'ngsfor Buttonsg'. andthe following is n.V full, clecynnd exactdescription of the saine, reference being hed tothe accompanying drawings, making a. partof this s'pccictttion, Wnich- Figure 1 represents n. front view of a shirt and bosom, showing'the'ufasteuing as applied thereto.

Figurey 2 shows side view ot` the some. I

Figure 3 shows twoperspective views of my Vimproved fastening. Y

Figure 4 is -a rear view of thetop fusteningror coller-button, showing the manner ofnrrongihg the chain therewith.

Figure 5 shows an edge view of vthe saine;

Figure 6 shows'the mode of inserting t-he'outside ch Figure 7` shows the mode of securing-the chain. y

-Figure 8 represents @front und edge view of the -fnstenings in a. fmodtied frrn.

fFigure 9 shows an enlarged edge view ot` `o. button with chain attached; also n. perspective-view ot' same.

Figure 1'0'is e'vieiv of a. Wristband or'culf with tbcfa-stenings otehed. 4

`Figure 11' are perspective views of the buttons, withsing'le end double openings for insertingithe chain.

,'.lhoobjeet of my invention-is to' fu'rnish easily manipulated, substafntiol, :is well :is ornamentol, moans' .forfustening'together s hirt'losorns, wristbands, findother siniiln'r articles of wearing-apparel; and my invention consistsiinthe forming of n broad base ont of any substiincethat can be c ari'ed, wrought, or east to the desired forni and size, such- :ts goltL-silver, jet, pearl,'& e., upon which base'is centrl'lyelevnted bar or bridge leaving mi elongated space or eye, through which a chain','or its equivnlent; (furnished at the end with abodkin mayY be drawn. '.lfhe other. end-ot'l the chain is finished with e slip-ring or'V hook, which attaches to the staple on.'thc und-er 'side of thecollar-fnstening or slide, so that when n series Aoit' the 'slides corresponding to the length ofthe bosoin and button-holes is strung on, and the middle ot'. the chain is brought together by the two ball-slides,

which serve to lengthenor sliorteriltlm chain, al1- is so secure thatithe whole must be-lost beforey one slide can escape. i

To enable others to m to the letters marked thereon.Y

Shirt-bosoms und wristbnnds `to be n1 ein through the button-eye to secure it in its place.

ade in the usual style for using detachable buttonsvor studs. Y The top or collar-fustening d is` provided en the under side with o stationary loop or staple, b, to which. one end of the'chain c c is attached. The other fustenings or 4'slidesne e-e, of any re'quired number to make upl the set, are constructed like the top or collsr-i'nstenirig'-'0L, without the loop or s tnplet. In the centre of the plates are elevnted`barsff, which. muy be finished if rouud,-foctagonnl, squnreroblong, or of any device, from plainA gold strips, (barely covering the button-holes,) up to the costlest jewel-setting. The elevated bars or bridges project from the'surface ofthe plates e e e on posts i z', which are Wide enough apart to` admit the passage of kthe lchain c c through double, t'. e., down on'the inside of the vbosom A,'nnd up on the outside-or front, as seen in figs. 1, 2,6, and others.

The inserting of the cha-in cais eiie'cted by'means o'fthe short bodkin It, which is attached tothe end of the operating half of the chain, 'as shown in gs.' 6' and 7, andthe whole is secured'by p assing'the bodkin`ov`e1 the plate a, and through the ring b, on tho-inside of the 'bosom A. The Weight of the bodliin it, together with the alie and use 'myinventionywill describe-it muore fully, referringto thedrawings, and

ball-slides j'j, will keep thechain c @straight und smoo'tln'wliile the bridge or barfcovers the button-hole, v

secures the linen firmly together.

The same mode of fastenings, with short chains cl d, is adapted to wristbands or eusB, as se n in iig. 10. ,Plate or hasesl), of larger size, und provided 'with broad fiat chains d d, to secure theni, con be mede of costly malteriah-,and elaborately ornornented in designs, such asbndges for various orders and societies, und may be reversed, forming a variety-from the more showy side to the les's conspicuous bar or bridge.

It will read-ily be seen that there are many advantages'in myimproved mode of fastening shirt-buttons over other devices known and used. It is conceded by all who have and still use detachable studs, 'that it is a most dilieult inatter to insert them without crushing and soiling the linen to some considerable extent when the bosonis or cu's are newly done up and sti'liy starched; and a worse feature'is that they are very liable to become unbuttoned and lost, and the sets thus broken lose their value.

By myimproved mode of fastening,` the trouble and misfortune above detailed will not be likely to occur.

What I claim as my invention, and 'esir'e to secure by Letters Patent, isf- 1. The button or stud constructed With heads e and f, connected together by posts z'z', between which are one or more eyes, substantially as and for the puposes specified.

2. I claim the chain c c, fasteningeslide of slides jj,V and bodkin h, arranged and applied for fastening buttons, subtantially as anclfor the purposes herein set {"orth.`

' REBECCA WEAVER.'

Witnesses:

J. B. WOODRUFF, WM; W. CAULsoN. 

